With hurricane season now officially upon us, we begin to focus again on our emergency preparations. With that in mind, be sure to visit and become familiar with our disaster planning chapter.

Remember that our next meeting of the Board for the POA Board of Directors will be Thursday, August 12 at the South County Water Park conference center.

As previously advertised, we are gradually in a period of transition to make all POA relevant information available at the United Community site while focusing this web site strictly on information of interest to Bentbrook residents.

The last phase of transition will involve migration of our Emergency Planning and Response chapter. That remains as work to be done, so until further notice, please bookmark this link for quick access to that vital information now that we are into our official hurricane season.

The past July 4th holiday celebration was a good time to remind folks of proper flag etiquette as relates to "Old Glory". While I leave that message posetd below, let me point out that the U.S. flag may be flown every day, but especially on the following as we fill out the remainder of this year:

Labor Day, Patriot's Day (Sept. 11), Constitution Day (Sept. 17), Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and Christmas Day.

Please be sure to honor those special days by flying an approprate display of our flag.

American Flag Etiquette.

Federal law stipulates many aspects of flag etiquette. The section of law dealing with American Flag etiquette is generally referred to as the Flag Code. Some general guidelines from the Flag Code answer many of the most common questions:

• The flag should be lighted at all times, either by sunlight or by an appropriate light source. The flag should be flown in fair weather, unless the flag is designed for inclement weather use. The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal. The flag should not be used for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top. The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard. The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations. The flag should never have any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind placed on it, or attached to it. The flag should never be used for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything. When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously. The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
• When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.

Above message posted by Mike Pilgrim

Note: the July meeting of the Boca Chase POA will be at 7PM, Thursday, July 8 at the South County Park.

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Be sure to review the Rules and Regulations section for discussion on requirements for property maintenance and certain rules pertaining to our community.

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We now have a disaster plan designed to prepare each of us for whatever our next emergency may be.

Details are here (note: this will be a constant work in progress until we feel we have fully covered the topic).

Rules and Regulations

Whether you are new to Boca Chase, or simply have not taken the opportunity to review our Covenants & Restrictions, updated resolutions, or the County-Imposed guidelines for maintaining our residential properties, this Rules and Regs section is a MUST READ for all

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